Black God

How to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus

Black God — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:36:50 +0000

This is a simple note on how to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus. My server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Remote machine configuration Install the OpenSSH package as shown below. # apt-get install openssh-server Local machine configuration Install the OpenSSH client package as shown below, [...]

How to configure NFS Server and mount it in Ubuntu

Black God — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:07:11 +0000

This is a little note on how to configure NFS (Network File System) server and mount it in Ubuntu. The server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Here is how to get it done. Server configuration Step-1: Installing NFS packages. # apt-get install nfs-common portmap Step-2: Configuring file system to export Through NFS, [...]

Automated Data backup of Ubuntu Linux using Remote Backup software rsnapshot in Debian

Black God — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:06:21 +0000

rsnapshot is a software written in Perl to make backup of local and remote file system. The well proven rsync is behind this utility. rsnapshot does not need root user intervention to restore the data of a normal user. It does not take much space in your Backup server. It can be easily automated (scheduled) [...]

How to setup Free GPS navigation for Nokia Smartphone without data connection

Black God — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:57:13 +0000

I have Nokia 5800 phone with Prepaid SIM card minus data connection (I hate to use phone for calling or receiving call.. ). Soon I am travelling to various places in California. I definitely need a GPS navigation system to help me out. I don’t even have a own car, so no point in having [...]

Installing Debian GNU/Linux on QNAP TS-110 NAS Box

Black God — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:12:04 +0000

As I had mentioned in my previous post in DIY category about building a NAS Box based on Debian, I have installed Debian GNU/Linux on this QNAP TS-110 NAS box. I have nothing new to post here on installation procedure. It has already been well documented and maintained by http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-119/install.html. I just follwed the steps [...]

DIY: Building Home NAS Box cum Digital Photo Frame

Black God — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:14:17 +0000

I am building my own NAS (Network Attached Storage) box which can serve as a Digital Photo Frame also. The I have got the finalized the hardware. Working on the software features of its media features. It is going to be powered by Debian GNU/Linux. I am planning to utilize light weight packages from Debian [...]

Tools to find Computer hardware specification in Linux

Black God — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:15:31 +0000

Many times we are in need of knowing detailed Computer hardware configuration for various purposes such as to get right driver, debugging, to prepare system information report, etc. In linux many such tools are available in command line. Here I am trying to list down three tools which I know. They are hwinfo, lshw and [...]

DIY: Installing touchlib based cheap touch pad on Ubuntu 10.04

Black God — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:06:43 +0000

While I was watching the below youtube clip, I was not able to control my passion to try it out. This is actually a do it yourself cheap touch pad for your computer. This is a touch pad made with a good web cam, card board box and open source touchlib library. I was trying to get [...]

How to get Fingerprint reader working in Fedora Linux (Upek 147e:1000 in this case)

Black God — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:16:34 +0000

Many Business laptop models equipped with Fingerprint Sensor. Though it is not considered as good security system for a laptop login, still some specific applications utilize this feature for identification and authentication. My Sony laptop VGN-CS15GN/B is having Upek Fingerprint sensor. In this case my OS is Fedora 13 64bit. By default Fedora supports Fingerprint [...]

How to get Lilliput DisplayLink based USB Monitor UM-70 (17e9:02a9) working in Ubuntu Linux

Black God — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:11:05 +0000

Recently I got a DisplayLink based 7″ USB Monitor manufactured by Lilliput. The model is UM-70, which supports 800×480 resolution. It works without any external power. It takes power and graphics data from USB port. It has built-in Graphics chip from DisplayLink. Here is how I got it working in Ubuntu 10.04. Step-1. Fresh Ubuntu [...]